- Author
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Clark, L. P.
- Title
- Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Methodology for Fire Protection Systems in New Health Care Facilities.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBSIR 82-2558,
July 1982,
41 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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automatic sprinklers
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building codes
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building construction
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health care facilities
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life cycle cost
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Life Safety Code
- Abstract
- An analytical procedure is presented for conducting life-cycle cost (LCC) analyses of fire safety in new health care facilities. Comparative LCC evaluations of alternative fire safety systems can be obtained based on their initial costs, useful life times, operation and maintenance costs, salvage values, and corresponding fire insurance costs for the building and its contents. The case study used to demonstrate the procedure compares the life-cycle costs of two fire safety systems in compliance with the NFPA Life Safety Code in a particular hospital: (1) Fire resistive construction with no sprinklers, and (2) protected noncombustible construction fully equipped with automatic sprinklers. Five different examples are provided with va rying assumptions regarding initial construction costs, the choioice of a discount rate, the tax status of the facility, and the life expectancy of the sprinkler equipment.